A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. Global time and date of event 09/10/18 / 2018-10-09 14:42:34 / October 9, 2018 @ 2:42 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 74 km, -68.0811° West, 18.8138° North. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:42:34 / 9:42 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018282012. Unique identifier: pr2018282012.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Rafael del Yuma, Salvaleón de Higüey, Otra Banda (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Otra Banda (c. 6 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 42 km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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